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Beyond the Big Screen
Steve Guerra
Beyond the Big Screen is a podcast about the true story behind the movies you love. We will talk about history, philosophy, religion, art, sports, literature and much more. Movies and media only tell you a small part of the story. In this podcast we will look into a wide variety of topics on the big screen and beyond!
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Not Quite Elizabeth's Golden Age Yet
November 29, 2021 - 53 min
Title: Elizabeth’s Not So Golden AgeDescription: Heather Teykso of the Renaissance English History Podcast and Steve dive in the history, politics, economics and controversy of the 1998 film Elizabeth. Heather will guide us through the complicated early reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Elizabeth struggled in the dangerous political world she was thrust into as a young woman and she rose to the top. We will analyze the fascinating first half of the life and times of Queen Elizabeth I.Learn More About our Guest:Heather Teysko of the Renaissance English History Podcasthttps://www.englandcast.com/You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/4926576/episodes/feedemail: steve@atozhistorypage.comwww.beyondthebigscreen.comhttps://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryMusic Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Image Credits:By May be found at the following website: MoviePosterDB.com, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16764722
Coming Soon - Its All about Elizabeth and More!
November 26, 2021 - 5 min
COMING SOON!You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-the-big-screenemail: steve@atozhistorypage.comwww.beyondthebigscreen.comhttps://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryMusic Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Hollywood Hates History: Agora (2009) with Scott Rank
November 25, 2021 - 38 min
Title: Hollywood Hates History: Agora (2009)Description: Join Scott Rank of the History Unplugged Podcast and Steve to talk about the 2009 film Agora. This movie takes the incredibly complex story of Hypatia of Alexandria and boils it down to something very simplistic and much less interesting. Is that the whole story though? Let’s find out if Hollywood Hates History again!Learn More About our Guest:Scott Rank of the History Unplugged PodcastHistoryonthenet.comYou can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/4926576/episodes/feedemail: steve@atozhistorypage.comwww.beyondthebigscreen.comhttps://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryMusic Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The Real Story of Hypatia and the Destruction of the Library of Alexandria
November 22, 2021 - 68 min
Title: The Real Story of Hypatia and the Destruction of the Library of AlexandriaDescription: Today Steve is joined by Jonathan Adly, host of the History of the Copts Podcast and Coptic Voices to talk about the complex background and context surrounding the end of antiquity in Roman Egypt. Alexandria was a place of Greco-Roman learning and education, but it was also the home of the native Coptic people who were early adopters of Christianity. Roman Alexandria during late antiquity was a place where Christianity and Greco-Roman Platonic philosophy interacted. Sometimes these interactions were peaceful and sometimes in quarrelsome Alexandria, not so peaceful. Let’s find out how and why!Learn More About our Guest:Jonathan Adly host of The History of the Copts Podcast and Coptic Voiceshttps://historyofthecopts.com/You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/4926576/episodes/feedemail: steve@atozhistorypage.comwww.beyondthebigscreen.comhttps://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryMusic Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Coming Soon - Science, Religion, and Conflict in Ancient Egypt
November 19, 2021 - 5 min
Science Religion and Conflict in Ancient EgyptYou can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-the-big-screenemail: steve@atozhistorypage.comwww.beyondthebigscreen.comhttps://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryMusic Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The War over Much More than Jenkin’s Ear with Robert Gaudi
November 18, 2021 - 49 min
Title: The War over Much More than Jenkin’s Ear with Robert GaudiDescription: Today we are joined by Robert Gaudi author of The War of Jenkin’s Ear: The Forgotten Struggle for North America and South America: 1739-1742. Robert Gaudi discusses how this war fits into the scope of colonial American and world history. There was a series of wars and conflicts from The 30 Years War to the American Revolution that shaped the trajectory of the history of the United States and the world. We will see that the lose of an ear was just the tipping point for a conflict that involved slavery, a mad Hapsburg king, a major stock market crash and more!You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:Learn More About our Guest:Robert GaudiThe War of Jenkins' Ear: The Forgotten Struggle for North and South America: 1739-1742https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-War-of-Jenkins-Ear/Robert-Gaudi/9781643138190http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/4926576/episodes/feedemail: steve@atozhistorypage.comwww.beyondthebigscreen.comhttps://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryMusic Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Spies and Traitors at the Highest Levels in the Cold War with Michael Holzman
November 15, 2021 - 57 min
Title: Spies and Traitors at the Highest Levels in the Cold War with Michael HolzmanDescription: We are joined by Michael Holzman author of Spies and Traitors: Kim Philby, James Angleton and the Friendship and Betrayal that Would Shape MI6, the CIA and the Cold War. We discuss how one person, Kim Philby, could rise through the ranks of the British Intelligence service, yet at the same time was an operative for the Soviet Union. So many secrets were lost to the Soviet Union during this incredibly important time in American, British and world history. See how one man was able to change the course of history, yet nobody knew he was doing it at the time!Learn More About our Guest:Michael Holzman author of:Spies and Traitors: Kim Philby, James Angleton and the Friendship and Betrayal that Would Shape MI6, the CIA and the Cold Warhttps://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Spies-and-Traitors/Michael-Holzman/9781643138077You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/4926576/episodes/feedemail: steve@atozhistorypage.comwww.beyondthebigscreen.comhttps://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryMusic Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Benjamin Harrison and the Fight of the Century with Jerry Landry
November 11, 2021 - 63 min
Title: Benjamin Harrison and the Fight of the Century with Jerry LandryDescription: Today we show the fight of the century of Grover Cleveland vs Benjamin Harrison from Harrison’s perspective. Jerry Landry of the Presidencies of the United States podcast takes us through the many challenging issues faced by the United States at the end of the 19th century. Jerry provides us so many interesting facts and stories from one of the key, but mostly forgotten time periods in US history.You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:Learn More About our Guest:Jerry LandryPresidencies of the United States Podcasthttp://presidencies.blubrry.com/William Henry Harrison Podcasthttp://whhpodcast.blubrry.com/http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/4926576/episodes/feedemail: steve@atozhistorypage.comwww.beyondthebigscreen.comhttps://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryMusic Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Grover Cleveland – The Last of the Jeffersonians
November 8, 2021 - 58 min
Title: Grover Cleveland – The Last of the JeffersoniansDescription: We are joined today by independent historian and author Ryan S. Walters again to talk about the surprisingly complicated and fascinating presidency of Grover Cleveland. Grover Cleveland’s presidency was during a time of great transition in the office of the presidency and the United States. Ryan S. Walters is the author of The Last Jeffersonian: Grover Cleveland and the Path to Restoring the Republic and Grover Cleveland: The Last Jeffersonian President.Learn More About Our Guest:Ryan S. WaltersRyanswalters.netYou can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/4926576/episodes/feedemail: steve@atozhistorypage.comwww.beyondthebigscreen.comhttps://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryMusic Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/